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The teen job picture is better. We want to make it better for all teens.
New data show that the summer job market for teens is improving. My Summer in the City is working to make sure that holds true for EVERY teen.
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As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is focused on the myriad of factors which make our city unique and successful. With an emphasis on strengthening this region's competitiveness in the global economy, the Foundation works with many partners to publish cutting edge research, hold public forums, and convene task forces of experts and stakeholders to create action agendas for real change.
New data show that the summer job market for teens is improving. My Summer in the City is working to make sure that holds true for EVERY teen.
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Our years of work in education have highlighted the need to do more to support children before they get to school, and our first round of early education strategy grants seeks to strengthen partnerships in support of kids and families.
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Boston’s innovation economy gives back in many ways. Find out how one startup gives nonprofits a chance to participate in—and benefit from—wealth creation. A new twist on Pledge 1% Boston.
Read moreNearly $600,000 in new grants will support cross-sector partnerships that improve opportunities and care for young children and their families
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A new evaluation finds Year Up, a "There at the Beginning" story for TBF, is providing the largest earnings gain associated with any workforce program in US history for its participants.
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The Worcester Telegram recognizes some of the Central Massachusetts organizations to receive critical support from Massachusetts United for Puerto Rico.
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The Springfield Republican/MassLive highlights new grants bringing the total distributed from Mass. United for Puerto Rico to over $2 million.
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An opinion piece in the Chronicle of Philanthropy notes the balance that community foundations must walk between local needs and the desire to attracting donors, and highlights the Boston Foundation as a success in doing both. (Subscription required.)
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This report, the first such study in 27 years, reveals how ubiquitous this industry really is and how much influence it has. It finds that while the sector quickly rebounded from the Great Recession, it is still plagued with low pay and high turnover.
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This report from Boston Indicators and The Fenway Institute finds that young Massachusetts residents are much more likely to self-identify as LGBT than in previous generations, but they still feel many of the social pressures and discrimination of the past. The report also finds Massachusetts’ LGBT community is diverse, disproportionately young, and second in the nation when measured as a percentage of the state’s population.
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